On October 31, Banner Witcoff’s Heather Smith-Carra will present on new trademark rules at the AIPLA annual meeting. Heather will cover recent changes such as new fees and the updated
By Azuka C. Dike, Rebecca Ding, and Victoria Webb This week, Judge Sidney Stein in the Southern District of New York issued two Orders rejecting attempts to dismiss or strike
Banner Witcoff secured a significant early win for its client Commerce Bank after the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed
By Sydney Huppert, Kirk Sigmon, and Victoria Webb Last week, Reddit, Inc. (“Reddit”) sued Perplexity AI, Inc. (“Perplexity”) and other co-defendants in the Southern District of New York in Reddit,
On October 29, Banner Witcoff’s Sonia Okolie will present at the Design Rights Summit in Washington, DC on the topic “Updates on Written Description and Enablement 7 years after Maatita.”
Banner Witcoff’s Anna King, Chair of AIPLA’s Trademark Treaties and International Law Committee, is representing US users on behalf of AIPLA at the 2025 TM5 Annual Meeting at the USPTO
On October 28, Chris Glembocki, a member of AIPLA’s IP Practice in Japan committee, will present to a Japanese delegation on the following topic: Modifying US Patent Prosecution Strategies to
By Zhengyu Feng and Alaina Pak So, what’s happening at the PTAB? Director Squires vacating decisions, unrebutted testimony, licensing creating settled expectations, and more! Ensure an expert’s testimony is worth
Binal Patel has been awarded the Trailblazer Award by the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of Chicago. Binal was honored at the SABA Gala on October 17th where he accepted
Banner Witcoff’s Chris Glembocki has been invited to serve as vice chair of the Harmonization Committee for the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). The Harmonization Committee is appointed by
